HNSC1210 FINAL REVIEW

What are the 8 essential amino acids? TV TILL PM - Answer - threonine, valine, tryptophan, Isoleucine, leucine, lysine, phenylalanine, methionine What food source provides amino acids best absorbed by the body? - Answer - animal protein a child suffering from protein deficiency has edema. This is an example of a protein's role in... - Answer - maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance what are proteins made up of - Answer - carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen two types of proteins - Answer - working proteins and structural proteins examples of working proteins - Answer - enzymes, antibodies, hormones, oxygen carriers examples of structural proteins - Answer - tendons, ligaments, fibres of muscles found in bones, teeth, hair, and nails what are the building blocks of proteins - Answer - Amino Acids - a protein strand can have 20 different kinds characteristics of amino acids side chain - Answer - differ in size, shape, and electrical charge, can help determine molecule's behaviours amino acids share the same chemical backbone consisting of - Answer - a single carbon atom, an amine group, and an acid group how do amino acids recycle proteins - Answer - they break apart food proteins after digestion, and body proteins after they've completed their cellular work what part of the amino acid causes the strand of protein to bend and coil - Answer - the electrical charges of the side chain as they attract and repel one another In sickle-cell anemia, what protein is wrong with the sixth protein? - Answer - strand contains valine instead of glutamic acid what is sickle-cell anemia - Answer - a condition where hemoglobin is abnormally shaped, and therefore loses its function to carry and release oxygen where does protein digestion begin? Explain - Answer - the stomach. The gastric acid denatures the protein opening it up to allow digestive enzymes breakdown the peptide bonds the body ca